REMEMBRANCE: John William Coltrane (1926-1967)

John Coltrane by Mark Dukes

Official John Coltrane site

Saint John Will-I-Am Coltrane African Orthodox Church

REMEMBRANCE: Miles Dewey Davis III (1926 - 1991)

BlackArtistNews fondly remembers Miles Davis who died at age sixty-five on September 28, 1991. His unbridled creative spirit has left an indelible impression on the worlds of music, art and culture. 

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"If you looked through my sketchbook, you'd think I was some kind of sex freak or something. It's full of naked women! Once, when I was on tour, one of the guys in my band told me, Man, I miss my girlfriend, draw me something!" 

-- Miles Davis

"This one has women riding all kinds of seahorses. I love all the colors it's got."

The man with the art. Photo by Jon Roemer

YouTube: Miles Davis talks about his art and painting (Part 1)

View artwork by Miles Davis

REMEMBRANCE: Johnny Allen Hendrix (1942 - 1970)

JIMI HENDRIX BY RODOLFO GUARNIERI

"I want to play music which draws pictures of the world and it's space." ~Jimi Hendrix 

Official Jimi Hendrix Site
View artwork by Jimi Hendrix

REMEMBRANCE: MIchael Richards (1963 - 2001)

"Did Michael Richards know how he was going to die? Did he somehow sense that his own body would one day represent that of so many? Maybe he was clairvoyant, what some might call "double-sighted." One can't help but hope that like the old Africans, suddenly remembering that he had the gift of flight and seeing the airplanes heading for him, he stepped out of his earthly body and flew away. In any case, he surely must have known what we all instinctively know, that we must all die and that whenever it is we die, it is always a day, a week, a month, a year, a lifetime too soon." -- Edwidge Danticat

Michael Richards Obituary